Pastoralism and Rangeland Management on the Tibetan Plateau in ...

angel<strong>and</strong>s, improve the production capacity <strong>and</strong> change the structures <strong>and</strong>
species of the livestock. Lastly, the researchers should provide support scientifically
<strong>and</strong> with technology. Finally, Mr. Narendra Lama added that protection
should be considered with the herders. Policies should combine with resources
protection, <strong>and</strong> some tourism projects could be attempted that have a small
scope but a high value.
Next, the topic shifted to the impact of climate <strong>and</strong> global change <strong>and</strong> how
to deal with both changes. Dr. Yi Shaoliang said human beings should reduce
disturbances to the ecology <strong>and</strong> adapt to it actively. Prof. Dr. Hermann
Kreutzmann thought global change was more important than climate change.
Although global change brought many challenges, more opportunities also
exist if we can use <strong>and</strong> discover more special resources of the rangel<strong>and</strong>s. Mr.
Izhar Ali Hunzai said the global change required everyone to participate <strong>and</strong>
bring more opportunities to the local people, but that the local consumption
had to change to a certain extent. Mr. Uday Ch<strong>and</strong>ra Thakur thought the
local people should be empowered to deal with global change. Prof. Danba
expressed the thought that climate <strong>and</strong> global change could be positive, <strong>and</strong>
that he hoped the climate change could bring improvements. Lastly, Mr. Liu
Jianli introduced the recent changes in Xinjiang, including the reduction of
rainfall <strong>and</strong> the decrease of plant species. Taking this change into account he
believed that pastoralism still had a strong competitive capability because of its
low cost of production <strong>and</strong> its organic products.
Finally, representatives from the plenary asked a few questions of the five specialists
who gave presentations prior <strong>and</strong> the specialists responded.
1. Q: How can we control the harvesting of caterpillar fungus <strong>and</strong> are the government
strategies useful? If possible, could you please give us some examples
of these strategies?
A: The strategies of the government were useful to a certain extent. For example,
by introducing training from Tibetan <strong>and</strong> Han Chinese teachers on the
knowledge of caterpillar fungus, most herders can underst<strong>and</strong> the importance
of the caterpillar fungus <strong>and</strong> control themselves in order to protect the resource.
2. Q: Is there any method that could deal with the shortage of fodder in the
future?
A: We should enhance the community with agriculture <strong>and</strong> utilize the abundant
natural resources.
Finally, Dr. Nyima Tashi, on behalf of all representatives, expressed his great
thanks to the seven specialists.
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